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Hysteria rouser Dr. Anthony Fauci now concedes the coronavirus mortality rate may be much closer to a very bad flu

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 08:25 UTC
Anthony Fauci

Last week morning Governor's Gavin Newsom from California and Andrew Cuomo from New York announced complete lockdown on state residents due to the coronavirus pandemic.

There had been 16,067 cases of the coronavirus reported in the US at the time.
There had been 219 deaths in the US due to coronavirus at that time.

The following morning NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters during the daily White House press conference, "I strongly agree" with the New York and California governors for shutting down their state economies.

This was based on the highly flawed models on the coronavirus that were being peddled at that time.

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US overtakes China as country with highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases and more corona-related news


RT
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 06:37 UTC
Covid-19 testing
© Reuters / Stefan Jeremiah
People wait in line to be tested for Covid-19 while wearing protective gear, outside Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York City
The US has topped the list of nations with the most coronavirus cases, as the number of those infected within the country crept past 85,000 cases, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

The grim milestone was achieved on Thursday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, which puts the US at 85,840 cases of the virus, surpassing Italy at 80,589 and China at 81,782.


Comment: It's not really a "grim milestone." The more people you test, the more that are likely to test positive.


With 150 new fatalities reported so far on Thursday alone, Covid-19 has killed a total of 1,177 Americans to date. Thursday also saw cases worldwide soar beyond half a million, with more than 525,000 infections reported around the globe.

Comment: Italy has rejected an EU proposal to help them deal with the economic fallout of the coronavirus, saying it "doesn't go far enough." Germany pathetically offered to take in a handful of coronavirus patients from Italy, a hollow gesture if there ever was one. In Florida, 2 poll workers tested positive. Authorities have recommended anyone who casted ballots in the primary to get tested. The IRGC chief called out Pompeo for spreading "misinformation" after the Sec. of State claimed they were helping Iran, saying "they [Americans] are entangled with the spread of this virus and their sanitary and health infrastructures are not able to protect its people in the face of this phenomenon."

Trump announced he would not let Boeing go out of business due to the massive drop in flights. The company has already seen a huge drop in its stock after they had to ground their 737 Max aircraft after 2 crashes last year and the discovery of many issues in the production of the airplane. The Iranian FM urged the world to ignore the US sanctions against the country, calling the need to help Iran a "moral imperative." Germany has seen a surge in new cases of over 5,000 in one day with 55 deaths.

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Many are currently watching Contagion, a pandemic movie that more or less follows the script currently playing out

Yvonne Lorenzo
LewRockwell.com
Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00 UTC
Contagion movie
The book National Security Cinema: The Shocking New Evidence of Government Control in Hollywood detailed the authors' "astonishing findings from trawling through thousands of new US military and intelligence documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

The documents reveal for the first time the vast scale of US government control in Hollywood, including the ability to manipulate scripts or even prevent films too critical of the Pentagon from being made — not to mention influencing some of the most popular film franchises in recent years."

I bring up that important book because of its relevance to one of the most popular movies being streamed now, during the COVID-19 "pandemic." I question whether this eleven year old film on a viral pandemic was itself a co-creation or influenced by direct government control; certainly the creators admit to working with government experts. That film is Contagion, and it is currently undergoing an online viewing resurgence in light of the COVID-19 pandemic as millions are "sheltering in place" at home, without work, confused and afraid.
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New Oxford study suggests millions of people may have already built up coronavirus immunity

Tim O'Donnell
Yahoo
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 02:56 UTC
Herd immunity

Herd immunity
A model predicting the progression of the novel coronavirus pandemic produced by researchers at Imperial College London set off alarms across the world and was a major factor in several governments' decisions to lock things down. But a new model from Oxford University is challenging its accuracy, the Financial Times reports.

The Oxford research suggests the pandemic is in a later stage than previously thought and estimates the virus has already infected at least millions of people worldwide. In the United Kingdom, which the study focuses on, half the population would have already been infected. If accurate, that would mean transmission began around mid-January and the vast majority of cases presented mild or no symptoms.
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Stanford doctors: Coronavirus fatality rate may be far lower than current models predict

Sophie Mann
Just The News
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 02:49 UTC
Stanford University
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Stanford University
The true fatality rate of the novel coronavirus may be much lower than current projections imply, according to two professors of medicine at Stanford University.

Dr. Eran Bendavid and Dr. Jay Bhattacharya postulate, in The Wall Street Journal, that the high estimated fatality rate of the coronavirus of 2%-4% is "deeply flawed." They base their argument around the metrics of total individuals infected who die, rather than individuals with identified cases of the virus who have died.

"If the number of actual infections is much larger than the number of cases - orders of magnitude larger - than the true fatality rate is much lower as well," the doctors write.
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Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak signs emergency order banning prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine for treatment of coronavirus

sundance
The Last Refuge
Tue, 24 Mar 2020 00:55 UTC
Gov. Steve Sisolak
© Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP
Gov. Steve Sisolak
This is almost unbelievable, if it wasn't for the fact the governor is a democrat. Hopefully voters are paying close attention to this stuff and will remember in November. All of these authoritarian tendencies are being triggered by the opportunity known as COVID-19.

The DEMOCRAT governor of Nevada has signed an executive order banning the use of hydroxychloroquine as a medical treatment for those suffering from the coronavirus.
LAS VEGAS — Nevada's governor has signed an emergency order barring the use of anti-malaria drugs for someone who has the coronavirus.

Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak's order Tuesday restricting chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine comes after President Donald Trump touted the medication as a treatment for the virus. (read more)
This level of severe Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) will immediately open a black-market for people to travel across state lines to obtain their medical needs. Great job idiot.
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Fear triggered by coronavirus hype may kill its victims faster than the pandemic


RT
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:27 UTC
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© Arne Dedert/dpa/GlobalLookPress
Irrational and all-encompassing fear of the coronavirus pandemic is racking up its own body count, sometimes faster than the disease. An Italian nurse has joined the growing ranks of coronavirus-triggered suicides.

Daniela Trezzi, an intensive care nurse at the San Gerardo Hospital in Italy's hard-hit Lombardy region who was diagnosed with coronavirus earlier this month, killed herself on Sunday. She was terrified that she had infected some of the very people she was trying so desperately to help, the National Federation of Nurses of Italy said in a statement on Tuesday confirming her death. Trezzi had been quarantined since her diagnosis on March 10.
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Better dead than vegan: The foods panic buyers ignore even during a viral pandemic


RT
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 00:22 UTC
vegan slop
© Reuters / Wolfgang Rattay
Panic-stricken shoppers have stripped supermarket shelves bare across the western world, ignoring 'social distancing' rules to snap up supplies. But there are apparently some foods not even a global pandemic can make appetizing.

As the Covid-19 coronavirus spread exponentially throughout the world this month, political leaders advised the public not to stockpile food. Supply lines, they said, would hold, and shortages would be quickly rectified.

Shoppers didn't listen. Panic buying set in, and reports of fights, looting, and hoarding emanated from virtually every affected country. However, not even the imminent threat of infection and lockdown could move some products from the shelves.
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Dystopia: UK police using drones to shame people for going on 'non-essential' walks


Spiked
Thu, 26 Mar 2020 12:00 UTC

Comment: Welcome to the Glorious Future...


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Derbyshire Police have tweeted a menacing video warning the public to stay away from the Peak District during the coronavirus lockdown.

The video shows police drone footage of unsuspecting members of the public hiking, walking their dogs and watching the sunset. All totally harmless behaviour, which is now deemed 'non-essential' - and by implication illegal - by the authorities.

The footage gives us a glimpse into the dystopia unfolding before our eyes. In the name of fighting coronavirus, in a matter of days Britain has become something of a police state. Millions of people are effectively under house arrest.

Comment: Further to the dystopia comparison, a worrying number of people in the UK aren't even interested in the facts surrounding the coronavirus and instead are rabidly denouncing any who would dare to question the mainstream narrative while also calling for an even harsher lock down.

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'Dumped him like trash!' Palestinian with suspected coronavirus symptoms thrown out of Israel

Akram Al-Waara
Middle East Eye
Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:09 UTC
man, mask, coronavirus
© Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
It was like a scene straight out of a horror film.

That's how 25-year-old Ibrahim Abu Safiya described the moment he saw someone lying on the ground near an Israeli checkpoint on the outskirts of Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah.

"We approached the man lying on the ground, and he looked terribly ill," Abu Safiya told Middle East Eye. "He had an extremely high fever. He could barely move his body and he was struggling to breathe," Abu Safiya said.

The man lying on the ground was a Palestinian labourer who works in Israel. He told Abu Safiya that he had been showing signs of the coronavirus over the past four days, and was recently tested for the virus. That test later came back negative.

But before the man, allegedly a resident of Nablus, could receive his test results, his Israeli employer reportedly called the authorities, who picked him up and dropped him on the other side of the Beit Sira checkpoint, which connects central Israel and the occupied West Bank.

"He told us that they just threw him here on the ground and left him," Abu Safiya recounted. "How could they do this to someone?" he asked. "It shouldn't matter if he's Palestinian, Israeli, or whatever. He's a human being."


Comment: Meanwhile, in the Negev Desert...Israel displays more of its old tricks
Israeli authorities destroyed hundreds of hectares of agricultural land in two Bedouin communities in the Negev desert this week while most other government activities were curtailed to contain the spread of coronavirus.

As Israelis were banned from meeting in groups of more than 10 and those flying in from abroad were quarantined, departments overseeing land use in the Negev continued to order evictions and clear land, a move that activists say violated the government's own ban against large gatherings.

On Monday morning, Israeli police officers and members of the Green Patrol, a paramilitary force within the Israel Land Authority focused on enforcement issues in the Negev, showed up at the outskirts of Wadi al-Na'am with tractors. Officials systematically destroyed a large swath of crops, leaving a massive expanse of upturned soil where there had been stocks of wheat and barley, used to feed their sheep and cows.

On Wednesday, authorities went to a second Bedouin village, Tel Arad, and destroyed crops there. Multiple large tractors drove over the land as residents looked on, recording with their phones.
Palestinian-Israeli presenter fired for taking part in rally against Netanyahu
Rivlin and Aharish
© Wikimedia
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin • Palestinian-Israeli news presenter Lucy Aharish
Prominent Palestinian-Israeli news presenter Lucy Aharish was fired from Israel's state-owned KAN 11 TV channel yesterday after taking part in an online protest sponsored by Israel's largest civil society organisation, the Darkenu movement, against Netanyahu and his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

"Those who bothered to hear [Aharish's] words last night at the demonstration witnessed a speech that was a call for unity and statehood and against incitement and racism and in favour of respectful discourse," said Darkenu's director. "Lucy is a symbol of a common life between all parts of Israeli society and [her firing] is difficult to digest."

Aharish wrote on facebook: "These are not easy days, and those who love this country cannot stay on the sidelines... I cannot sit on the side, even if it costs me money and my living. Thank you so much, loved ones, for the endless support and love you sent yesterday. For years now, every time I make a criticism, voices speak out telling me to say thank you and shut up... So I'm asking you for the next few minutes to try to disconnect from my identity. Forget for a moment that a Muslim Arab woman is talking to you, but a human, flesh and blood woman, a citizen of the State of Israel, a country we all care about."


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